God Thinking LXVIII - Getting Beyond Your Self/Ego 7

"Faith goes deep. The more you trust in God, the more you understand God’s role in your life and your role in God’s plan. 

The more you trust in God - the better prepared you are for whatever comes your way and what comes your way is better.

Don’t fall for the rhetoric that says, “Christians don’t have financial problems; Christians don’t have problems that arise unexpectedly. Christians don’t get sick.

It is because these things happen to the faithful that it is so important for you to be in contact with God, (through prayer) and to be in agreement with God as to how to deal with (whatever comes up).

The reason why so many things seem like the aren’t going right is because false teaching, i. e., (that Christians who are serving God faithfully are free from the results of the (fall of man) has become easy for pastors and priests to sell.  It is not true.

At the same time, many of you have brought on to yourself much despair.  Many problems are self-inflicted and there are consequences to bad choices that follow us for a time.

Some of us are still actively cultivating an experience that will turn out to cause unnecessary trouble and heartache.

For those things that we bring on to ourselves, the only cure is to put an end to the vicious cycle by confessing the problem/sin/indiscretion and repenting of it, (turning your back on the problem, instead of turning your back on the people that are trying to help you out of your problem.)

But, many problems and troubles come your way, unsolicited and not due to any action or inaction on your part.  The fact that each and every person has free will, puts us all at risk for unexpected events in our life.

And because of the fall of man, sickness and rust and deterioration and death of the flesh will find its way into every household, saved or unsaved, sanctified or spirit filled.

It’s not in escaping the negative things that come your way, but in the managing of those things in agreement with and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, that proves your faith."

Excerpt from God Thinking LXVIII - Getting Beyond Your Self/ego by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2014